Postless fence.



Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

ANDREW a GRAHAM co. Pnomumocnwuzns WASHIN UNITE STAFS Parr rice.

POSTLESS FENCE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HAROLD SENN STROM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a.Postless Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that type of fencing which ismade of wire or iron rods and while it is more especially intended foruse in surrounding small plots of ground such as flower beds, lawns,small gardens, lots in cemeteries and the like, yet, 1t is applicablefor other purposes and may be made of any suitable size andornamentation; and it consists in certain peculiarities of theconstruction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various partsthereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specificallyclaimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a fence of the abovenamed general character which shall be simple and in expensive inconstruction, strong durable and eii'icient in operation, and so madethat it will be suitably held in its upright position without the use ofposts except at the ends of the section of the fence.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the parts of thefence that when assembled they will interlock with one another and thusfirmly and securely support themselves.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesubjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which the inventionpertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view inside elevation of a section of my improved fence embodying one form ofthe invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of like parts showing amodification in the manner of constructing the members which compose thefence. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of a portion of the fenceshowing still another modification in the construction thereof. Fig. 4tis a detailed view of a portion of the modified form shown in Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a similar View of a portion of the modification form shown inFig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the bentrisers used in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1909.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909. Serial No. 497,878.

I the construction shown in Fig. l of the drawings. And Fig. 7 is a viewin side elevation of a portion of a section of the fence showing stillanother modified form thereof.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawings.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive of the drawing the fence consists ofa number of arches or bent risers which may be made of any suitablesize, form and material but preferably of wire or rods having someresiliency and of a bowed or inverted U shape with one or both of theirends adapted to be inserted into the ground, and arranged alternately tointerlock with one another near their ends as well as between theirends.

Referring now to Fig. 1 of the drawing the reference numeral 10designates the series of arches or risers each of which is provided atone of its ends with a loop 11 which is preferably horizontally disposedand adapted to rest on the surface 12 of the ground. The other end ofeach of the arches 10 is formed spirally as at 13 or gimlet shaped so asto be screwed into the ground. At the upper portion of each of thespirally formed parts 18 of each of the arches is formed a coil 1 1which is adapted to rest on the upper surface of the loops 11 when thearches are screwed down into their operative or permanent positions. Byreference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the portions of the archeswhich carry the loops 11 are disposed substantially at right angles tothe parts of the arches which carry the spirals 13 and coils 14, andfurthermore that the spiral portions 13 are inserted in the ground atangles with respect to the surface thereof.

In building a section of the fence, when one of the arches 10, forinstance the one at the beginning of the section shall have its spiralportion 13 inserted in the ground and its portion bearing the loop 11 soplaced that said loop will rest on the ground, the spiral portion ofanotherarch 10 may be screwed through the loop 11 until the coil 14 onthe adjacent arch will rest on the loop 11 of the first named arch andso on throughout the series of arches. As the part of each of the archeswhich carries the loop 11 is disposed substantially at a right angle tothe part carrying the spirals it is apparent that when the arch isturned so as to screw the spiral into the ground the looped part will beallowed to pass without striking the other part as is indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The arches are so disposed withrespect to one another that they will interlock with each other at theirupper portions as at 15, that is to say the members of the arches willbe alternately disposed first on one side and then on the other of eachother.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have shown a modification in the constructionof the arches which compose the fence which con sists in providingarches 10" with spirally formed or giinlet shaped parts 13 at one oftheir ends as in the other construction, but omitting the coil 1% fromtheir upper ends and in placing a coil 14 at some distance above thespiral portion 13 of each of said arches. In this modified form theother member of each of the arches is provided with a loop 11 whichinstead of being located at the ends of said members of the arches isplaced thereon at points which will be some distance above the surfaceof the ground 12 when the free ends of said members have been insertedin the ground. By thus 10- cating the loops 11 and by omitting the coils1% from the upper portion of the spirals 13, it is evident that thespiral portion of one of the arches 10 may be screwed through the loop11 of another one of said arches and into the ground thus uniting thearches at points some distance above the ground.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing is shown still another modification in the formor construction of the arches composing the fence which consists inproviding arches 10", each having at one of its ends a horizontallydisposed loop 11" to rest on the ground 12 and near its other end with acoil 14 adapted to rest on the loop 11 of the adjacent arch all of whichwill be readily understood by reference to Figs. 3 and of the drawing.

In Fig. 7 is shown still another modification which consists inproviding arches 10 each of which has atone of its ends a horizontallydisposed loop 11 to receive the lower portion of the other member of thearch which is provided at a suitable point above its free end with anelbow 14 to rest on the loop 11 of the adjacent arch.

In each of the modified constructions I prefer to insert the ends of thearches which will pass through the loops thereof into the ground atangles with respect to the surface thereof and to form the loop carryingmembers of the arches substantially at right angles to the other membersso that the spiral part of the arches may be screwed through the loopstherefor, but it is evident that when the constructions shown in Figs. 3and 7 are employed there will be no necessity of turning the arches andfor this reason they may be placed so that their piercing ends mayoccupy upright positions.

It is apparent that an elbow such as is shown at 1st in Fig. 7 may besubstituted for either of the coils or 1 5, or in other words theportion of the member which carries the elbow 14. shown in Fig. 7adapted to be inserted into the ground may be spirally formed ifdesired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A fence consisting of a series of risers, one of the members of eachof which is provided with a laterally extended loop and the other memberof each of which is bent above its free end to form a projection to reston said loop on the acent riser.

2. A fence consisting of a series of risers, one of the members of eachof which is provided with a loop and the other member of each of whichis provided above its free end with a loop to rest on the loop of thefirst mentionedmember 011 the adjacent riser.

3. A fence consisting of a series of risers one member of each of whichis provided with a loop and the other member of each of which isprovided above its free end with a loop and below said loop with aportion adapted to be passed through the loop on the first named memberon the adjacent riser and into the ground.

a. A fence consisting of a series of risers, one member of each of whichis provided with a loop and the other member of each of which isprovided above its free end with a loop and below said loop with aspirally formed portion adapted to be inserted through the loop on thefirst named member on the adjacent riser and to be screwed into theground.

JOHN HAROLD SENNSTROM.

lVitnesses CHAS. C. TILLMAN, IIARRIET M. SULANKE.

